Botanical Gardens bring light to city with Chandeliers

The city may still be frigid, but all was tropical with arrangements reminiscent of colorful, cascading lights at the Mandarin Oriental for the New York Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Dinner, sponsored by Veranda magazine.

David Salvatore and Andrew Prince, with the flowers for sale.

The large-scale orchid arrangements by some of New York’s leading designers made this year’s fundraiser an event to be remembered.

The fundraiser for the Garden’s research collection included an orchid sale as well as a collaboration between the Botanical Garden and Veranda, wherein over 25 world-class designers ranging from the worlds of fashion, architecture, horticulture and literature each created an orchid centerpiece and table setting.

Following the Orchid Dinner, The New York Botanical Garden presents The Orchid Show: Chandeliers from Feb. 28, 2015 to April 19, 2015 at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The centerpiece of the largest exhibition of its kind in the US is a star-shaped chandelier overflowing with hundreds of orchids.

Roric Tobin

Proceeds from the evening support the development of the Botanical Garden’s orchid research collection and work in orchid conservation. Plant specimens rescued through the Garden’s position as a designated Plant Rescue Center through the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) can be viewed year-round in orchid displays at the New York Botanical Garden.

Images courtesy of NYBG.

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